Silent letters Here is a list of common letter combinations with silent letters.. This list contains most of the silent letters that give English as a second language students difficulti
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Here is a list of common letter combinations with silent letters This list contains most of the silent letters that give English as a second language
students difficulties
Silent B - B is not pronounced when following M at the end of a word
Climb crumb dumb comb
Silent D - D is not pronounced in the following common words:
Handkerchief sandwich Wednesday
Silent E - E is not pronounced at the end of words and usually
makes the vowel long
Hope drive gave write site
Silent G - G is not often not pronounced when followed by an N
Champagne foreign sign feign
Silent GH - GH is not pronounced before T and at the end of many words
Thought through daughter light might right
fight weigh
Silent H - H is not pronounced when following W Some speakers whisper the H
before the W
What when where whether why
Silent H - H is not pronounced at the beginning of many words Use the article
"an" with unvoiced H Here are some of the most common:
Hour honest honor heir herb
Pronounced H - H is pronounced at the beginning of these
common words Use the article "a" with voiced H
Hill history height happy hangover
Silent K - K is not pronounced when followed by N at the beginning of a word
Knife knee know knock knowledge
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Calm half salmon talk balk would should
Silent P
P is not pronounced at the beginning of many words using
the suffix "psych" and "pneu"
Psychiatrist pneumonia psychotherapy psychotic
Silent S - S is not pronounced before L in the following words:
Island isle
Silent T - T is not pronounced in these common words:
Castle Christmas fasten listen often whistle thistle
Silent U - U is not pronounced before after G and before a vowel
guess guidance guitar guest
Silent W - W is not pronounced at the beginning of a word followed by an R
Wrap write wrong
Silent W - W is not pronounced with these three pronouns:
Who whose whom
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